Screw-driver attachment



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sept. 25,1923.

' of reference marked thereon` l is to providea novel torni o t attachment,

Patented Sept. 25, 1923.

JAMES 1a.,.nawtos, or rornknnenslisf, i'

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.Appncatirnied April 24, 1922;,- Semaine. 7356,17'9? Be it knownrthatl, JAMES M.LAwLoR, a citizen of the United States,resicing Vat ToT eka, in the 'county ot Shawnee and'State ot' invention, such. as will venable Vothers skilled in the art to` which it 'apperta'ins to `make Yand use the same', reference bein-g had Ato; theV accompanying drawings, andV tothe figures which form a" part of this speciiication.

This invention relates to a screw holding attachment for screw drivers and vthev object which may be readily applied to existing types of screw drivers in'such a manner that the screw can be held in'position tofcause` the blade ot the screw driver to engage the groove in the head ot thescrew. I

The attachment can be instantly applied and detached trointhe screw driver shank.

Y In the drawings, i'.

Fig. l is a perspective viewrot a. screw driver with the attachment applied Fig. 2 is an elevational view ot .theattachment applied. g

Figa?) is an end view ot the attachment applied. fV 'Y Fig. 4 is an enlarged. sectional view through the attachment,V showing thescrew held in place and engaged ,by the end.v of the screw drivershank.

Figo isa detail perspective'view /ot'thef detached Aexpansion springjV Vl or rF 6 is a vsectional view on theline @e6 convex lonfritudinallv. The two members 2 Y if are provided at their lower ends tubuportions 8 and '4, .having Y in-turned hun lip's 5 Vand 6 to engage'the under side of the head1 Yot a screw Vin such apposition that the shank?) of the screw driver l() may en-V gage the groove 11.1 v

The two members are eachy provided with one member extending through.v an opening vin. the ear of the `other member so that aV V,over portions orlips 5 .der the screw head 7.-

Each member isa duplicate o'-theother,

there being` no'rights and` let-ts. Therefore,

hinge joint is inadetoprovideatiilcrninfor 'pivoting the two vmembers together:

the parts need ynotV be matched 'becausefthe prong of? one wil-lenter the `openingrnthe ear of theotherlmember;asjwilli'be'clearly apparent 'by reference to Fig? 6.

The upper ends, 1e ma i? sith@ mentes- Y are iattened and "somewhat enlarged.` ,g` The l .member lV has notches.18A and `19, oppositel Vfnotches 20and2l vou the' member 2. ,TheseVY f 1 notches receive 'the expansiony spring v22T 1 Y The expansion spring*consistslof a Vcurved bar QS-having parallelA arnisl and ,Q5-with outb'ent ,portionsQG and 27, vcurved down in.j' 'i substantiallyV parallel members 28 AandA 29V `v i and then bent upwardly at 30and13l, terminating'in the endsBQ and 38; The portions 2(3and 27 are adaptedY to lieV in'y one setot .v notches, lSand 19, for example, and-the ends 32 and k33 are adapted toliein the opposite notches, vso .the springrisheldf between the ends 16 and 17, tending to cause .the turned-v and 6to engage un- The spring. constitutes j an expansion spring ton-normally forcing-the upperA ends apart, aswill be clearly apparent byret- A. erence to'L Figs. 1, 2, Sfand 4. K The ears' l2 x; s and 13 and therprongs l4-and 15a-re bent to- V'ward theIwalls Aot their'respective comple inentary .members so'ithat liability ot the two V'n'i'embers''becoming' Ydetached will bev eliminatedfand sincefthe spring normallytor-cesthe lupper ends ofthe two members apart, it will be apparent that fthe lo-wer ends ,ina'v'engage the screw.V Tlie'curved portion will bear againstthe shank 9 ot the screwV driver as it is forced between the two members, asshown'- in Figs. V1.] 2, 3 and 4,

the portion 23V constituting-a friction meme' ber for engaging' the Yshank-'oic fthe screw.,v

driver so that it will beheldv from slipping, When the attachment isappliedto .thev shank, the two1 members Qcanjpivroltvone ,upon

theother so that-,the lips Vor jawmembers 5 andv G will open tolrece'ive. 'thehead otrgthe f1 31;. screw and'to -permitthe Vshanlrt) to engagef`-105 Y' Ythe.groove-thereot,,then-fthe screwzcan -be in-f"` 1 troduced into thefwood and ,screwed home .I in acnvenient manner, aswill be' apparent-`V` 'L -byfreference-to the drawings. 1 f The 'device is capable ot other Vu'sesthan"V that ota'screw driverfattachment, aslitl may f bensed asa clip for holding papeprsitui'dthe"Y like and in that case, the attachment may be provided with 'openings 34 in the upper ends of the members l and 2 so that it can be hung from a nail or support. The device is primarilyintended, however, as a screwdriver attachment for holding screws and y i-t WillY be apparent from the foregoing that `lit may he readily attached to an existing type of `screw driver of appropriate size.

The attachment can he made in any sizeV to fit" the particularY kind of a screwdriver em loyed.

l hat Al claim and desire to secure by LettersfPatent is :4'

ring jaws, in combination with an expansion 'spring consistingpof. a har havlng parallel, V outstandingV arms atihe ends of which are outstanding portions, substantially parallel Y arm membersl carried by the outstandin portions7 the memh'ers being bent .npwarc, Y the spring being positionedbetweenl the two 'complementary membersheyond the point at which they are pivoted so that the other ends of the members will be forced one to- Ward the other,v the spring' 'orminga loop through'which the screwr driver may he in# serted so that the screw driver can pass he-'Y tween lthe two complementary members.

2. A screw driverjattachment for holding screws Comprising twov complementary mem- Vhers pivotedtogether and havingr screw-err gagingjaws, in combinationrwith a spring for forcing complementary ends oli'Y the,-

Lmemloers apart .and `,other complementary ends of the members together, thek VspringV comprising a curved har havlngoupstandmg arms, downwardly projecting arms Vcarried Yhy the upperends of' the upstandingvarms, `and upwardly curved ends on the last-'named arms the bar of the spring lying to one side*k .or the longitudinal center of the attachment When the spring is in place. Y Invtestimony whereof my signature.

, JAMES M.l LAWL 

